Roy Foster

Gerry and the peacemakers

He now denies his IRA connections and markets himself as a man of peace - perhaps with an eye on the presidency of Ireland

issue 04 November 2017

  • Gerry Adams: An Unauthorised Life

    Malachi O’Doherty

    Faber, pp. 356

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